Chapter 115 Chaozhou music

Chaozhou music is the general term for all kinds of national instrumental music in Chaozhou, Guangdong.Its biggest feature is that it retains many contents of Tang and Song court gala music and Yan music.At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang's anti-Yuan team went to Chaozhou, and Lu Wenfu and others protected the last little emperor of the Song Dynasty and fled to Chaozhou. A large number of court musicians also went to Chaozhou.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangdong's economy was already very developed, and opera tunes from all over the country also poured into Chaozhou.The combination of these foreign music and Chaozhou's local folk music gave birth to many kinds of music.

The main characteristics of Chaozhou music are simple, elegant, beautiful and lyrical.Its main instruments are Erxian, Erhu, Yangqin and percussion instruments such as gongs and drums.It can be roughly divided into two categories: square music and chamber music.The former includes Chaozhou big gongs and drums, Waijiang gongs and drums, Chaozhou small gongs and drums, Chaozhou Huayin gongs and drums, and Chaozhou eight-tone gongs and drums.Xiansi music, also known as Xianshi music, is a kind of music played by a combination of several people. This kind of music has a light and lyrical tune, a harmonious and pleasant melody, and has the charm of southern music. It is the most popular and popular music in Chaozhou and Shantou rural areas. kind.The flute set music can be divided into two types: the flute set gongs and drums and the flute set music. It is a kind of court music, with a solemn and simple style.Chaozhou Xiyue is a variation of Chaozhou stringed music. It is played with sanxian, pipa, and guzheng as the main instruments. It is fresh, delicate, and full of lyrical charm.Temple music is a kind of melodious and elegant music played during Buddhist activities, and it is this kind of music that is played in various temples now, so Chaozhou music is a huge and complete music system.

The repertoire of Chaozhou music is very rich, the most famous one is called "Ten sets of Chaozhou music", which is the most representative boutique of Chaozhou music. "Water", "Little Peach Red", "Pingsha Luoge", "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", "Yue Er Gao", "Jade Link", "Oriole Ci", "Big Eight Banners", "Icing on the Blossom".Most of these ten sets are ancient scores, with rigorous structure, clear paragraphs, simple and beautiful melodies, and completely retain the classical charm.